For Immediate Release: November 13, 2018 In 2018, VoteRiders Reached Tens of Millions of Americans, Directly Helped More than 35,000 Voters; Group Will Continue Mission in Runoff Races and Begin Preparing for a Consequential 2020 Election Season In an election season where close to 50 percent of eligible voters turned out, VoteRiders—the nation’s leading voter […]
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October 2018 – DELAND, FLORIDA – Michael Frank met VoteRiders at a Goodwill Job Connection Center Job Fair. He came ready with a social security card and birth certificate and asked if Jazlyn Gallego, our Florida Coordinator, could help him renew his expired ID to vote. Michael had previously registered to vote in New York […]
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53,000 Georgia voters have been placed on a “pending” list due to what may be trivial discrepancies with their voter registration paperwork. These voters’ eligibility has been called into question because their registration information didn’t exactly match what the state’s Department of Driver Services or the Social Security Administration offices have on file. 80% of the affected […]
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Guest blog by John Saffron BACKGROUND: REGISTERED VOTERS NEED VOTER ID Americans who value free and fair elections as the cornerstone of American democracy must keep one crucial fact front and center. Voter registration and voter ID are two separate matters. In many states, registered voters – those who have taken all the right steps […]
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JULY 23, 2018 – Milwaukee is buzzing this summer! Over 100 church congregations are getting involved in “Souls To The Polls Milwaukee” – a city-wide effort to register voters, verify that they have voter ID, and turn out the vote. Anita Johnson, VoteRiders’ Wisconsin Voter ID Coalition Coordinator, is a key member of the Souls To The […]
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– by Anita Johnson, VoteRiders’ Wisconsin Voter ID Coalition Coordinator Last month I had the opportunity to help a young voter obtain ID to vote in Milwaukee. The case illustrates some of the common obstacles and frustrations that voters, especially African-American, face when trying to secure their constitutional right to vote. Anita Abraham posted on […]
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https://youtu.be/CZqRxUbsC8w Yvonne Moore shares the story of how her great-grandfather inspired her passion for democracy and voting rights. Yvonne Moore is the Principal Advisor at Moore Philanthropy. We are very grateful for the chance to share her story! Have you ever heard of a poll tax? This is a copy of my paternal great-grandfather’s poll tax […]
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Genya (a.k.a @ElectionBabe on Twitter) is an election official in Florida, so how could SHE ever have a problem with voter ID? During a cross-country move in 2013, she lost her driver’s license. Even with an original California birth certificate, Social Security Card, expired passport, and bank statement with her new address, the Georgia DMV would not […]
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Marine veteran Dennis Hatten was initially denied an ID to vote by the Wisconsin DMV office in Milwaukee because his birth certificate had a mistake. It took six months of persistence by VoteRiders’ Wisconsin Statewide Coordinator, Anita Johnson, before Dennis was finally able to vote. Anita met Dennis in September 2015 at the Vet’s Place, […]
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